Washing-machine



(No Model.)

H. T. NOBLE. Washing Maqh g;l1e

No.23f,s42. Patented Aug. 31, 1880.

1 ATTORNEY NJEYERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. wASNxNGTON. D4 c.'

UNITED STATES HARRISON T. NOBLE, OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHlNE.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,842, dated August 31, 1880.

Application filed July 3, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIARRisON T. N oBLE, of Clinton, in the county of Henry and State of h'lissouri, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Nashing-ldachines 5 and I do hereby declare that the fiillowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, referencebcing` had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a top view of my ii'npreved washing-ma chine. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the saine, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class of washing-machines wherein the tub is given an opposite rotary motion from the scrubber, and the object of the invention is mainlyto increase the rotary or oscillatory play of the tub and scrubber without materially increasing the effort required to produce such movements, and to regulate the play at pleasure, according to circuinstances; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement efparts, as hereinafter shown, described, aud particularly pointed out in the claim.

lIn the aeeoniilninying drawings, the letter A designates a fran'ie composed usually of two bases, u, a bar or beam, b, connecting said bases, and provided with converging conduits c. The beam b affords bearings to a spindle, b', of a tub, B, and of two parallel uprights, C C. Ilhe tub B is constructed in the usual way, and is permaneiiitly secured to a frame, B', from which the spindle b projects. The tub has, therefore, free horizontal vibration, and it is provided with metallic eyes b, that extend up Athrough slots in a false betteln, Af, which is secured to the tub by means of latches Z on the same, which engage the said eyes. rlhe false bottom may beremoved, if desired, by disengaging the latches from the eyesL and then lifting it out of the tub. It is provided with raised ribs cl d d" d, arranged nearly radially, and withribs c c' e at right angles i te the same, all of which are readily remova-A ble when worn out, and it rests upon the cleats or battensj'in the bottom of the tub. These battons slightly raise the false bottom and al- (N o model.)

low dirty water ready access to a vent, j", in the bottom of the tub.

I) indicates a circular scrubber having on its under side raised ribs, not differing from those ofthe false bottomaforesaid. I do not, however, confine myself to any special forni of rib, or to any special arrangement thereof, either on the false bottom er on the scrubber, as any species of eorrugation or roughening of the rubbii'igsurfaces of the same will serve a goed purpose.

The scrubber hasv rigidly secured to it a vertical shaft, D,`havlng its bearings in a crossbar, E, connecting the upper ends of the uprights O O. This bar is hinged to upright O and removably secured to the upright C by means of a pin, g, extending through the end thereof obliquely and engaging au eye, g', on the upright O. i

rIhe shaft D' has on its upper end a crank, F, having a number of perforations, h, arranged at intervals, which crau k is connected by means of a pitman, G, to a walkin g-beam lever, G', fulcrumed to vibrate vertically on a stud, g", of upright O. The lower end ef the lever G is connected by a pitman, H, to the frame B', on which the tub is fixed. Fulcrumed by its lower end to the stud g is a verticallyvibrating operating-lever,.I, connected te the walking-beam lever Gr by the link J. This link is permanently pivoted to the beam-lever at a point intermediate to its fulcrum and its upper end, and is adjustably securedby a pin, h', te the hand-lever I, which has a number of perforations, t, for the purpose. The vibratien ef lever I vimparts a rocking or oscillating' motion to the beam-lever, which, by means of the pitmeu Gr H, gives the tub and scrubber a te-and-fro movement in opposite directions. The pitman Gr is permanently secured to the walking-beam lever at its upper end, and is adjustably'connected te the crank F by means of a hook, h, on the end of said pitman, that engages one or the other of the perforatiens h of the said crank.

The articles to be washed are spread upon the false `bottom A and subjected to a vigorous rubbing from the scrubber.

I am aware that a washing-machine having opposite directions is not broadly new, and I therefore malte no claim to such devices.

Upon the upper end of the post C is rigidly attached a trough, K, overhanging the tub, and designed for the attachment of a Wringer, the trough carrying the drip backinto the tub.

The scrubberis lifted out of the tub by swinging the cross-beam upward on its hinge. This hinge is of peculiar construction. It is formed by means of a metallic plate, l, inserted endwise in a deep cleft, o, of upright G, and pivoted to the said upright by means of a pin, m. Its remaining end is inserted in a cleft, o', of the cross-bar E and pivoted thereto by means of a pin, m. The plate l allows the cross-bar to be thrown up and to carry the scrubber with it, when, being thrust down, the said plate allows the said bar to be placed in the position indicated in Fig. 2 and to bear onthe upper end of the upright C, which is thus made to serve as a prop to sustain the cross-bar and scrubber while the clothes are spread on the false bottom A'.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A washing-machine consisting of the stand A, having uprights G C', the former provided with stud g2, the hinged cross-bar E, the tub B, pivoted to rotate horizontally on said stand, and the scrubber D, having the shaft D', journaled on said cross-bar, and provided with crank-arm FL the lever G', pivoted to said stud, the pitmen G H, pivoted, respectively, to the upper and lower ends of lever G and to the crank-arm F and tub-frame B', the operating-lever I, having perforations i, pivoted to stud g2, and the link J, pivoted to pitman G and adj ustably pivoted to the operating-lever by means ot' pin It', substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. f HARRISON T. NOBLE.

Witnesses:

T. W. COLLINS, F. E. SAVAGE.

1t is hereby certified time in Letters Patent No. 231,842, dated August 31, 1880, to

Harrison T. Noble, for Improvement in l WashingMaohines, the domicile of the' patenbee was erroneously written and printed in said Lett-ers Patent Clinton, Illinois, instead of Clinton, Missouri; that the proper correotions have been made in the records of this Office, and that said correction is hereby made in the Letters Patent.

Signed, eountersigned and sealed this 17th day oi' December, A. D. 1880. [SEAL] A. BELL,

Acting Secreta-ry of the Intenor.

Countersgned E. M. MARBLE,

Omnmssioner of Patents. 

